Birch in fall

Betula Pendula. Just another update, fall 2019. Definitely needs repotting in late winter. Always make sure not to repot too late, with birch, especially if you're allready started ramification. Sapstream comes very soon with this one.

Whych Elm - update fall 2019

Just started this Ulmus Glabra from raw material this spring. Its quite small size. Chopped it down, cut almost everything, repotted it, so only next year vigour will start to come back.
You can see a threadgraft as well, I'll leave in on until at least midsummer next year and will only remove it when I'm sure.

Hornbeam - update fall 2019

It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go...

Wired a top branch into position, to see what could come out of that next year. I think the top will benefit from it, it'll bring more balance and a bit more green to the front.

Hornbeam in leaf - in the "VETERAN TREE"- style?

In leaf, propagating many shoots all over the tree. No weak branches. All goes well.
Wait another 2 or 3 years, and this tree will develop to one of the better ones in my collection of native bonsai trees. Well, I hope so ;-).

VETERANTREE - style ??? Anyone wanting to pick that up, be my guest but share the link to my blog in that case ;-). "Veteran tree" is a name that allready exists (google it) but would be new to bonsai. According to me, it could appeal to european bonsai enthousiasts. It is by definition a naturalistic style and the term is allready being used.

Brutus the Hazel has woken up

I call him 'Brutus' even though its quite a small size, but because of the clump I hink it looks a bit like a 'veteran tree'. Has only really woken up 1 week ago. Building it up since 2014, harvestd in april of that year alongside the driveway of someone's holiday home in the Belgian Ardennes, Walloon part of Belgium.

Malus

Bought in promotion, in july 2013, cut back more than half the trunk, carved, and all branches new since then

Flowers Almost Gone

'Flower almost gone' (singing along the tunes of the Doors' Summer's almost gone...)

Winterflowering cherry. Very small size. From very young nursery material, aged about 20years now. Has only spent 1 or 2 years in the ground.